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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.216-20 Definite Quantity.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause defines a definite-quantity, indefinite-delivery contract where the Government commits to ordering a specific quantity of supplies or services, and the Contractor must furnish them when ordered. It matters because it establishes the Contractor's obligation to fulfill orders up to that quantity and clarifies that orders may continue beyond the contract period under certain conditions.

Applies to: Contractors under definite-quantity, indefinite-delivery contracts

What it requires

  • Furnish the specified quantity of supplies or services when ordered by the Government.
  • Complete any order issued during the effective period but not completed within that time, within the time specified in the order.
  • Make deliveries only up to the date inserted in paragraph (d).

Key terms: definite-quantity, indefinite-delivery contract · Schedule · Ordering clause · Order Limitations clause · effective period

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 16.506(c), insert the following clause:

Definite Quantity (OCT 1995)

(a) This is a definite-quantity, indefinite-delivery contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule.

(b) The Government shall order the quantity of supplies or services specified in the Schedule, and the Contractor shall furnish them when ordered. Delivery or performance shall be at locations designated in orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause and the Schedule.

(c) Except for any limitations on quantities in the Order Limitations clause or in the Schedule, there is no limit on the number of orders that may be issued. The Government may issue orders requiring delivery to multiple destinations or performance at multiple locations.

(d) Any order issued during the effective period of this contract and not completed within that time shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the order. The contract shall govern the Contractor's and Government's rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the contract's effective period; provided, that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after __ [insert date].

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 4.601 Definitions.
  • 16.506 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.216-19 Order Limitations. · 52.216-21 Requirements. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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